Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stated that the trapese and other real apparatus in the Harvard gymnasium are to be removed on account of recent accidents.- (News...
...number of delegates. This is certainly of great importance, and we hope it will not be overlooked in the meeting. It is the method of representation in the Amherst Senate, the student advisory and governing body, which has, up to this time, attracted most attention in the country on account of its successful working. The second feature of the plan which makes it worthy of consideration is the provision that every class of college men shall be represented on the committee. That each class and each important athletic organization should be represented, no one will question. That the college papers...
...explain what are really the difficult idioms and constructions. Of the courses open to Sophomores, German I is intended to give some practice in writing and speaking the language as well as in translating it. The instructor has worked hard and conscientiously, but has failed to arouse enthusiasm on account of the unfortunate choice of text-books at the beginning of the year. The book was too hard and too technical, and the student became discouraged in attempting to translate his lesson. This half year a new book is to be used, and we hope with better results...
...only event at the Olympic games. From this fact came the custom of naming the year after the winner in this event. In the Pentathlon the customary distance was two hundred yards. They ran naked, and without shoes, the object being only to win, as time was of no account. The ground was very soft, which made running difficult. The other distances which the Greeks ran were four hundred yards, and the "long race," which was from a mile and a half to three miles. With such soft ground, the strain on the runners must have been fearful...
...telegraphic account of the dinner of the Washington Harvard Club. Senator Hoar, and Representative Long declined to attend, because of the exclusion of Messrs. Greener and Terrell from the club...